BIO

Antonina Styczeń is a freelance flute player, soloist, explorer of modern musical currents and a winner of Astral’s Artist 2018 National Auditions. Currently studying Flute Performance Artist Diploma at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, US in the studio of Sarah Brady. Member of Alara Ensemble the BCB Honors Ensemble for 2017-2018 season. Graduated with distinction from both the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and the prestigious conservatory Royal College of Music in Madrid. Laureate of numerous music competitions (e.x. International Music Competition in Bukarest) and beneficiary of various scholarships (e.x. Fundación Albeniz in Spain, Scholarship of the Minister of Culture of Poland “Young Poland”, twice Prize for Artistic Achievements of the Minister of Culture of Poland, three times winner of “Open Philharmonic of Music ‘Safety Pin’” (prestigious Polish foundation for young musicians).

CALENDAR

14 September

Boston, Ma, USA

Reaction: A Recital

Associate Professor of Flute Sarah Brady performs a program of contemporary solo, electronic, and chamber music written by living composers. Joined by Michael Kirkendoll (piano) and Rhonda Rider (cello), and Antonina Styczeń (flute) this recital features works by Elainie Lillios, Beat Furrer, Tonia Ko, Asha Srinivasan, and Thuridur Jonsdottir.

9 October

Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia

2018 Winners Concert The Astral National Auditions

Each year Astral hosts the National Auditions to select new talent for our esteemed roster. Astral’s newest artists debut at the Winners Concert in a showcase of virtuosic artistry. Be the first to discover the finest rising-star classical musicians of their generation in the splendid surroundings of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

PROJECTS

Alara Ensemble

Alara Ensemble is a combination of three extraordinary personalities – Polish flutist Antonina Styczeń, Romanian pianist – Eliza Puchianu and American cellist – William Laney. Their music is bringing excellence, passion, and inspiration. The repertoire of the trio is as diverse as they are – from classical and romantic period to contemporary music. Trio Alara was chosen as an Honors Ensemble of Boston Conservatory at Berklee for 2017-2018 artistic season.

Hussars – the flute dubstep is Antonina’s original project, combining electronic music with flute improvisation. An inspiration for this music was “Bogurodzica” -the oldest anthem of Poland and equestrian – the biggest Antonina’s passion (of course except for the music). This piece is the effect of collaborations with Norwegian producer, Oliver Getz.

Mieczysław Wajnberg: Works for flute is an album produced by the German label TACET Musikproduktion. It features the new-generation flautist Antonina Styczeń together with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Wojciech Rajski, and distinguished young chamber musicians Zuzanna Fedorowicz and Paweł Czarny. The album includes four catalogued pieces for flute composed by the Polish-Jewish composer – Mieczysław Wajnberg (later often spelt Weinberg)

Meeting of classical music performers active in Warsaw – Antonina Styczeń and Andrzej Karałow – experimenting with a combination of largely distinct musical styles, classical, improvised, and electronic, to create a combustive mix of what they like to call “romantic electro”.

Project loosely bsased on the autobiographical novel by the Polish 20th century eccentric writer Witkacy “622 Downfalls of Bungo or The Demonic Woman”, describing the love affair of the young Witkiewicz (Bungo) with the actor Irena Solska (opera singer, Akne Montecalfi).